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The former Breitbart News Network Executive and White House chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, has been getting a lot of attention for investing in Bitcoin, and particularly for his initiatives involving cryptocurrency, which he hails as a tool that can help liberate Western nations from centralized control.

IBM, in its continuous efforts to position itself as one of the most reputable government technology partners, has signed a five-year, $740 million deal with the Australian government to use blockchain technology and improve sensitive data security among other aspects of the country ‘down under.’

Good news for the online gaming community! For the first time ever, gamers can make real money just for playing a video game — real cryptocurrency, that is, with the GOLDER (GLDR) token. With War Field, the stakes are real and so are the rewards.

Volkswagen joined forces with the IoT-focused IOTA blockchain project and vehicle manufacturer to show a proof of concept (PoC) for how the IOTA system can be used for autonomous cars. The PoC demonstrated how IOTA’s Tangle architecture can be used by car manufacturers such as Volkswagen.

Each year, a number of companies are selected and incorporated into the World Economic Forum as new members of its community. Some companies that have made the list in the past include Airbnb, Google, Spotify, and Twitter. This year, six blockchain companies including BitPesa and Horizon State were included on the diverse list of chosen pioneers.

Anyone who has tried to use Facebook advertising is familiar with the many terms and regulations, from the copy to the visuals to the URL. So it was hardly surprising when Facebook drew another line this past January and this time with cryptocurrency. Now, in June, it has reversed much of the ban, but it continues to exclude initial coin offering (ICO) ads.

OUR Music Festival (OMF) will be the first blockchain-powered, decentralized electronic dance music festival network that is designed to give the power back to the people. It will be powered by the OMF Token cryptocurrency, redeemable within the network for products, services, and experiences.

Since most users are only buying or selling cryptocurrency for speculative investments instead of transactions, Ripple, a San Francisco-based startup, is trying a new approach to get people to adopt and use its cryptocurrency, XRP; they are giving it away.

2018 has been marked by long bearish runs in the charts of several cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash among others. While some of these coins bounced back from their dip in July, several did not.